Rick Steves Wants to Save the World, One Vacation at a Time

Re:Rick Steves Wants to Save the World, One Vacation at a Time by jrjarrett on Friday March 22, 2019 @03:32PM (#19466060)

> San Francisco <-> Milan, May 7 - May 20, Norwegian Air+Easy Jet: $598.

That's great if you are near a large city like San Francisco.

However, Madison, WI <-> Milan, May 7 - May 20, United: $1304 economy, 21h travel time.

It IS the $2000 airfare ( or approaching it).

Now, ORD <-> MIL is $687, but MSN -> ORD is at least a 2 1/2 hour trip by car, longer by bus.

It's a $60/rt ride from Madison to O'Hare on the Van Galder bus. If you drive, it's whatever cost to take your car plus at least $10/day at ORD.

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Re:Rick Steves Wants to Save the World, One Vacation at a Time by eswat on Saturday March 23, 2019 @06:27AM (#19469890)

Not sure about unpopular US departure cities but if one is flexible and waits for deals then it’s doable to find cheap fare even outside of a flight hub.

I used to pay ~$1500 CAD from Ottawa, Canada to Manila, Philippines. Now that I’m aware of deals and have a flexible schedule/remote-work-policy I scoff at any trip with the same itinerary that’s > $800.

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